My name is Tracey Marie Ingalls. I am a Rome resident and I am an Ovarian Cancer Survivor. President Obama, whose mother died from the disease, has proclaimed September as National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. This month, window clings and awareness cards from the NormaLeah Ovarian Cancer Foundation are being displayed around our town by local businesses to bring awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms to women in our community. Ovarian cancer is a deadly and insidious disease – hard to detect, difficult to treat, and with no reliable screening test. Sadly, more than 70% of women are diagnosed after the disease has spread beyond the ovaries when the survival rate is less than 25%. Ovarian cancer is the most deadly of all gynecologic cancers, affecting 1 in 72 women. If detected in its early stages there is a 92% chance If detected in its early stages there is a 92% chance for a cure; but there are no early detection tests. In 2014 an estimated 22,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer and more than 14,000 women will die from it. Many women are unaware of some simple facts: a Pap test does not detect ovarian cancer. Women without ovaries can develop the disease. Ovarian cancer can and does have symptoms. The symptoms are: Bloating, Eating less/feeling fuller, Abdominal/back pain, and Trouble with your bladder and bowels (BEAT). Until reliable screening tests and better treatment methods are discovered, we must educate and empower women to be vigilant self-advocates for their own health. Our community is full of beautiful women. They are our mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, grandmothers and children. Thank you for helping us educate women about the symptoms of ovarian cancer. Together we can save lives. Sincerely, Tracey Marie Ingalls
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 18:43:38 +0000
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